Improvement in jacks for spinning



UNITED STATES wiLLIAM H. BROTHERS, or) wrnoosKl, VERMONT, AssIeNoR`V 'ro HIMsELF y. AND ELIsHA ALLEN, oFsAMn PLAGE.

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Specification formingpart of Lettere Patent No. 91,2787, dated August 31, 1869.v

To dlt/whom it, mayconcer'u: i f y Beit known that LWILLIAM H. BRo'rHERs, of'W-inooskhjn the'countyof Chittenden and Stateof Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Spinning-Frame; and I do hereby` declare thatfthe following is a; full, clealgand exact description thereof, which kwill enable others lskilled `in the art tomake and use the same, referencejbeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forming` part of this yspecification,in which-fk Y" Figure 1, Plate l,`rep1esents a. plan ortop View' of my improved,spiinningirame Fig. 2', Platey I, isa vertical section of the same, the plane of' section bein-gZ indicated by theliinew an, Figui. Fig. 3, Platel'lf,is a. rear elevation, partly insection, of the salme, the plane of sec'v tionbeingindi-cated'by the line aia-Eig et. Fig.. 4, Plate 11 is a. detaill verticali section, of the. same, taken on-,the` lplane of the lineiyay, Fig. 3 Fig 5,'Plate- ITI', is adetailverticzalsection of the same, taken on thel plane-1 of the` linee-z, Fig. 4. a A Y Similar letters ofreterence indicate corrieP spondingparts. n Y y This invmtionv vrelates to a new spinningjack, whichV isl soarnanged4 that' the mule-on carriagerwll receive its: motion lby. automatic machinery, Withoutfrequiring any personalv attention. of the.Ioperatoron'attendant. 'y

The object of'the, invention "is: todo away' withthenecessity: of working theshipper-bar1 for. reyelzsingf themotion. of the.n1ule1and= toi provideautomaticzmeans for chan-gingjthe mo# tin.

The inventioniconsis'tsin theconstnuctionof devices. for changing and-.reversing'the motion.. of the I mule,l for impartingl Vto the thread'r the" necessary drawing-andlftwisting motion and? they. requisite.V tension while twistinggpand for operating'the whole 1 mechanism, all: asv herein,v

after morefully described.

Al in` the drawingL represents-the stationary.V

fra-me of my improv-,ed spinninganachine; can.

which, byfasuitable belt; or other'mechanism, the requisite rotary motifoneis imparted;

Y' adapted to'hold the spindles in suitable inanner. The bands d d' are secured to diagonal pointsof the frame, and pass over rollers o4 of the carriage to keep the carriage square. 0n: the frame ot" the carriagev is. pivoted, near the. front side, the falle'r-w-ire D,Ywltich is', by arms e e, attached toa barf, pivoted to lugsg, that project from; thecarriage. y A Weight, h. iss-e4 cured to the forward side of the barf, forthe 'purpose ofholding the faller'np when thev same is not otherwise' drawndo-wn. VAnI armgi, pro-AV jectingbackwardy fronr the bar f, is,by a stra-p,

' j, connected` withla loose pulley, It, that; is arranged Von, a horizontal shaft, E, hung transverse] yin thecarriage, as shown. "lhestripper, wire-v F is secured to armsll, that are pivoted to the torwa-rdfside' of the. carriage, and is, by a spring, m, held up.. The armsvlproj ect'forward beyond the. wireF, to catch against Yarms 1 projecting from the faller, as hereinafter more fully described. `In pendants-fo o, projecting" from the under sideof the carriage, is an arbor, p, from which projects forward a finger, q, which has a small!` friction-roller, r, a-titsfront `end.. To anotherV 'ar-n1, s, projecting-v upward from the arbor p, is-,pi-voted the reanend of al hook, Gr, whsichis, by a smallstrap orchain,.t,` .connected with.l a segment, u', that is mountedl on the bar-f, as shown inl Fig.. 2. The finger'v g is supported; on van arm, o, projecting from thefcarria-ge, and the hook Gris', by another` higher arm, w, prevented from falling-lower l thansaid arm. u I l l Y Thecarriage G is by'ineans of two belts` or scrol1-bands,HiandI, connectediwith the' driving mechanism. Both endsof cachot thesebelts-are fastened to thel carriage, .andy bothl are fitted. uroundfrollersx, inl lfronti of the fralne A, andf overI the driiiing scrolL-rollersriu rear of theV same. .The scroll-band H passes oper the Vscroll-pulley y, and servestoi movfei `the carriage forward, while thebandgl pafs's-cs-V overthe fscrollipulley- @and servesjto. drawthe carriage backward; as hereinafter set forth;k Each bandi H andiLfifs connected withascrollpulleys; consists .of two pieces',.one end of leach piece beingV fastened tothe serolli-pulleyfand the othen to the mule. If each of' these bandsis,l however, made of oneE piece-it will merelyV The pulley y is mounted on a shaft, J, which carries a toothed wheel, al, to receive its motion from the 'main'drivilw mechanism'. The,

pulley z' is mounted on a horizontal shaft, L, which carries and is driven by a loose toothed wheel, b1, that is thrown in gear with the clutch c1, when the shaft is set in motion. y

The main driving-shaftB has itsbearings in the back part of the frame A, behind the creol-frame, and receives rotary motion by The belt g1' of the pulley all passes over one;

of two pulleys, hlr and il, that are arranged on a horizontal shaft, N, which is hung in .theA

lower part of the frame A, the pulley h1, being fixed on said shaft, while the pulley il is loose thereon. The belt jl of the pulley el is fitted over a pulley, l1, which is mounted on a horizontal shaft, O, hung in the frame A. -A pin ion, m1, on the shaft 0 is `in constant gear with the loose toothed wheel b1, andrevolves the same, so as to impart rotary motion to it,Y

andits shaft L when the ,same is locked to the clutch cl. The shaftB being turned in the direction ofthe arrow 1, revolves the shaft O Y in the same direction, and the shaft Land scroll z in the'direction of the arrow 2, so that the carriage will be drawn back when the-said scroll is thus revolved. The shaft N is revolved when the belt g1 is on the tight' pulley hl, also revolved in the directionof the arrow 1, and imparts motion in the same direction to the shaft J and Ascroll y by intermediate. gearing, as hereinafter more fully described, so that bysuchmotion of the scroll y the carriage will be moved. forward. nl is a short arbor, having its bearings in a sliding plate, o1, which is arranged in frontof the upf right.trame-wormcarrying the various shafts B J L N O aforesaid, said plate olbeing fully shown in Fig. 5. The arbor nl carries pinions p1 q1, which will gear, respectively, into the toothed wheels afl and r1, the latter beingk mounted on the shaft N, as in Figs. 2 and 3.` When the plate o1 'is lowered, as -in Fig. 2, it will establish a connection between the wheels aland r1, and will, therefore lserve tov transmit motion from the shaft N to the scroll y whenever the belt g1 is on'the xed pulley h1. The carriage is, when the scroll y is thus revolved, drawn forward in the direction of the arrow 3, and this motion l is stopped whenever a stop, s1, projecting from the underside of `thecarriage, strikes a lng, t1, that projects from a slide-bar, P, shown in Fig. 2. This slide-bar P is, at its rear end, pivotedto. the lower end of a short plate, u1, which is pivoted to a stationary arm, o1, of the frame. The plate u1 carries, at its upper end, a small friction-roller, w1which ts under a lug, x1, that projects from the slide-plate o1. When the stops s1 strikethe lug tl, during the forward motion of the carriage,the bar P is pulled.' :forwai-(L and swings the plate zt, solas to bringit into a vertical' position,"'therebythe roller fit1 is `brought under the lug and elevates the same, and with it the plate o1, and when the plate o1 is thus elevated its pinions p1 q1 are raised out of gear, and the motion of the scroll f y isstopped'. vThe forward movement of the carriage is accordingly arrested, but its backward motion isnotY yet established, as the carriage hasV to" remainstationary to allow the requisite twisting yof the yarn, which is carried on by means of an endless belt, R, passing overa fixed pulley, y1, o f the shaft N over a pulley, Z1, on the shaft E of the carriage, and over friction-rollers a2 on the carriage and .frame A, as is` clearly shownfiuf4 Fig. 2. Wh'enthe carriageis at the iendof its forward motion its 'roller r strikesagainst an arm, b2, oflabell-crank, S,that is vp'ivoted'f: to `the front part of the frame'A, the lower arin ofsaid bell-crank Vbeing-"secured to a rod, T, that reaches to the back of the framef Theil rear endof the rod T 'fits through'zanarm,fc2,f` that' projects from a vertical.rock-shaftjU.-f- On 'the rod T are formed three shouldersfdz,SE e2, and f2, the shoulder d2 being in frontgof 1f the arm c2, While the others arein'rearof the same, as in Fig. 4. A spring,;g2,is'interposed between c? andez, tending toswing the 'farm c2 forward. Y That portion of theirod T whichl is between the shoulders e2 and f2 I ts through 1- an arm, It?, which projects from. a` verticali: rock-shaft', V. Thisvertical rock-shaft V car-lijf ries, or rather isconnected with, the clutch- -lever LW, by which theY loose wheel b1 is thrown.A

in or out of gear.

. l On the vertical `rock-"shaft Uare VVtwo other 161 `projecting-arms, i2 and jz, of which the upperfone, jz, straddles a horizontal sliding b ar, X,

while the lower one, Q12, is connected with a loose toothed wheel, Y, vthat. isarrangedfon fthe'shaft N, so that itcan slide on the same.' fi

Whenever the roller Vfof the carriagestrikes 5'.-v the arm b2k of the bell-crank S, itl draws the rod T forward, 4and causesrthereby,-and by.`

means of thev spring g2,.`the' vertical shaft U to be swung, so Vas to carry the slide Xandthe wheel Y towardthe scroll z. AThe' slide-bary X has a slot through vwhich tlu'a'f-belt-"g1 is fit-"iff `ted. Whenever., by the aforesaid action of the rod T, the slide-bar Xis moved in` the di-. rection of the arrow 4, itwill carry the belt.g1-l from the .tight to the loose pulley-fil, and will thereby cause the motion of the shaft N from the belt gl to cease. At` the same time, how-A ever,v the wheel Y, whichhas a conicalfpro-I: f .jection at one side, is carried against a hollow cone, y1., that isfmounted on the shaftiN', and

as the wheel Y forms thus-ia friction-clutch, itil'. is by suchl motion intimately connectedwithfv; with the shaft N. By the same motion .the-5;' wheel Y is thrown intofgear with a loose vpinion, l2., of the -shaft L, which is, by lan 'inter-me` diatepinion, m2, connectedwith a pinion', n2, that is mounted upon the shaft'O: '.The'wheelfff with the slide X.A V-

-Y is thus thrown intogear with the shaft 0, which is constantly revolved by the belt j1 and imparts theregular motion .inthe direction-jof ythe arrow 2 toi-,the shaft N,` thesaid motion. beingv only l muchslower than it was,

w heel b1 is held out offgear. by the clutch-lever W, which is connected'with the shaft-V and When thc- ,Slide-'plate o1'was"elevatedasl aforesaid, it was -automaticallyflocked in the elevated position. to insure thef'stationary- -po-I Sition ofthe scroll y by'a swinging hook,"Z,v

which is pivotedl `totheV frame'A, andzwhichf en-gagesginto ya notch.l of said plate o1,

Toireeapi-tulate thezforegeirigJ -will state that the shaft N," when driven by the wbelt g1,V causes thecarriage to move forward,` andl the belt R to be turned, but that asf. soon asthev carriage reachesthejend of its. lforward mo. tion the, motionof the shaft-N' was takeufrom t the shaft 0,*so-a's tobeoome slower,. andfthe-y carriage itself was' stopped :'to #give ti'meaforu the twisting process fito-tbe carried on. VThe belt g1 was shipped: upon thelloose pulley,but still the shaftN continued to revolve by being con nected: by' lthe clutch 1X-.y1-.and f intermediate gearing with the shaft O. rEhe shaft 0 itself was not in-the gear with theshaftL during the forward motion and rest of thecarriage. f

By means of a belt, o2, the shaft N is in constant connection with a horizontal shaft, A', which is thus revolved aslong as the said shat N is turned by belt or gearing, as aforesai The shaft A' carries a worm-wheel, p2, which will at certain times mesh into the teeth of a wheel that may be hung on an arbor projecting from a vertically-sliding shipper-plate, B'. When this shipper-plate is elevated it will `be locked by a sliding spring-catch, r2, which Iits into a notch, u2, of the plate B', and which has a projecting arm, s2, as shown. Onl the wheel g2 is secured a projecting finger, t', which, once during every revolution of the wheel q2, strikes they arm s2 and pushes the catch r2 out of the notch u2 in the plate B', soas to allow said plate to drop. By means of a bell-crank, C', the slide-bar B' is connected with the sliding shipper-bar X in such manner that the said bar X will be moved in the direction of the arrow '4 when the plate B' is lowered,

while it will be moved in the opposite direc-A tion when the plate B' is elevated.

While the carriage C moves forward, and While it is stationary, as aforesaid, the plate B' is held elevated by the catch frz, and the shaft A' is', therefore, in gear with the wheel g2. As soon as the finger t2 of the wheel q2 strikes the arm s2 of the catch it will release the plate B', and the same will fall by its own weigh t, causing thereby thebar H to be moved inthe direction of the arrow 1.1;.` By this fur-I ther motion of the bar X the clutch-lever W will be lmoved'so asfto'carry'the 'pinion b1 into f' gearwithy the clutch c1 andl pinion rrzlbf the, shaftQO. v',lhefscroll h will thus tbethrown into-gear tocause thecarriage' C toy move Shack, When the carriageU-releases its pressi` ure on. the arinfbzjthej sp'ring` q .zwill draw thel 'rod T. back, 'so-as again tothrow thetoothed.- clutch-wheel 'vY'out of? gc'ar.- As thecarriage arrives at the end of=its backward motion a e lug, W, on`it,;carrying a friction-rellena?, will it under an inclined arm., m2,?that projectsi" from the plate B',"and will the'relfiylelevatev Ysaid plate B",;th'ereby' causing the bariXto-loe'Y moved back, to throw theiwheel-b1-ou't-offgeark fand the belt 'gl upon the-x'e'dpulley h1@ -At .the same time another lugy2,4 from the 'carpi Y riage,tts underan4 arm, zthat projects-from'f* fthe hook Z,`an`d vthrowssaid-hook out 'offthfe :y plate-01, allowing the latterltofdrop .;1Thus@` by the disconnection of the'wheelbfthegscroll is thrown out of gear tot stop the' further-l backward motionof the carriage,l While at ,tjhefl Vsaine time, by throwing, the belt glvllpoIl- Vthe' '-xedpulley: and by dropping theplate otfthe4v t scrollfy isA thrown intofgeamso as: togatf once? startr-the carriage forward` in thedirection 'of-'f the arrow 3; ",Asf the plate B'- is elevated its! wheel q2li's thrownf-intogear with the worin 102,. and. the twisting-regulatoristhus again estab? lished, for, when the wheel-q2 has made; o'liej'* revolution,}itwi ll cause the plateB' 'to d roryl andthe carriage to :stai-rt back-ward,-A aforesaid.l y The carriage is vthus automatically moved, and its motion regulated at will by the proportionate dimensions ofthe wheels p2 q2, and the twist also regulated, as aforesaid.

When the carriage begins to wind up, thel faller D should be lowered, which is done by the winding of the strap j upon the loose pulley K. The weight k, by the unwinding of the strap j, gradually draws the fallerup durformed at the lower ends of the arms n, that are suspended from the rod ji As long, there fore, as the counter-faller wire is thus held depressed to be out of the way, the faller is, for the same reason, held up until drawn down by the strap j.

The shaft E is connected by a crossed band, f

b3, with a pulley, c3, that is rolled by a band, d3, during the motions of the carriage, the pulley @3 on the shaft E for receiving the belt b3 being loose, and connected by a ratchet and pawl, so as to ei'ect the motion of E- only in one direction.

f3 are stops arranged on the back of the frame to arrest the backward motion of the carriage, so that it cannot `come against the driving machinery.

Havingthus described inyinvention, I claim asV new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1'. The slide-plate o1, carrying the intermediate gearing vfor the forward-moving scroll y, as set forth, when combined with the slide P, as described, so that it will be elevated out of gear 'when the forward motion of the car-y riage is completed.

2. The slide-bar P, operated by a lug, sl, of the carriage, to throw ythe forward-moving scroll :out of gear, as set forth.

3.' The hook yZ for holding theslide-plate o1' elevated, when arranged so that it'will automatically drop intera notch of the slide-plate when `Vthe same i`s` elevated, while it will be thrown out of the notch by astop on lthe carriage to lower the plate o1, substantiallyV as herein shown and described;

4; The slide-bar T, connected with the bell- 7. The' slide-plate B', when connected by a bell-crank, C', with the sliding shipper-bar X, so as to operate the belt g1, the loose wheel b,

' and the toothed clutch-wheel Y by its motion.Y substantially as herein shown Vand described. 8. l The hollow cone y1, arranged on the shaft N, in combination with the loose toothed. clutch-wheel Y and intermediate gearing, substantially as described, to operate the shaft N from the shaft O, for the purpose of impart ing aslower motion tothe carriage. Y

9. The rock-shaft U, carrying the arms c2., y

i2., and jz, substantially as described, so as to receive motion from the slide-bar T, and to 'impart it to the wheel V and'bar X, substan-il tially as herein shown and described. 10. The faller D, .when counterbalanced by the weight h, and connected by the strap 7 with the loose pulleyK on the shaft E, to regulate the building of the cop, substantially as herein shown and described. Y Y

11.,The carriage C, when provided with the stops or projections g, T, s1, y2, and fu? wz,

substantially as described, so that it will lau-v tomatically set the various parts of the driving-machinery to regulate itsown motion, as

specified.

WILLIAM H.k BROTHERS.

' Witnesses: l l

JAMES D. N ASH, A GEO. 1Q.V SfrrnEs. 

